Yingli Solar to develop 20 MW project in Turkey

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Yingli Solar announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Yingli Europe is developing a 20 MW PV project in Turkey.

Motif Proje is the consulting partner of the project.

Motif Proje focuses on developing solar projects and has already implemented several reference projects in the region.

The two companies’ first jointly developed 10 MW project portfolio is located across 4 sites covering approximately 18 hectares in western Turkey.

Development is now underway and construction is expected to begin in Q2 of 2016.

Yingli and Motif Proje also intend to collaborate on an additional 10 MW pipeline in Turkey, which they expect to complete by the end of 2016.

Turkey is a highly promising market for solar project development due to its growing demand for electricity, large population of over 75 million people, and high levels of solar irradiation, according to Anian Schreiber, Turkey project manager of Yingli Europe.

“There are currently 200 MW of PV projects under construction and additional 5 GW under application in Turkey,” Schreiber added.

With the partnership of Motif Proje, the company expects to scale its development activities in this high-potential market.

“Motif Proje’s deep understanding of the local market and country requirements will help Yingli strategically grow its presence in Turkey,” said Liansheng Miao, chairman and CEO of Yingli Green Energy.

Rajani Baburajan

editor@greentechlead.com

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